. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 382 THE DISTRIBUTION OF PELAGIC POLYCHAETES General distribution. T. elegans is known only from Tropical and Sub- Tropical waters (see below, pp. 428-434). Tomopteris septentrionalis Quatrefages, 1865 (Text-fig. 5) Type locality. " ... les mers du Danemark ". Tomopteris septentrionalis Steenstrup, 1849, p. iv [nomen nudum). Tomopteris septentrionalis Quatrefages, 1865, p. 229. Tomopteris [Tomopteris) septentrionalis: Stop-Bowitz, 1948, pp. 49-51, figs. 36-37. Tomopteris septentrionalis: Uschakov, 1957a, pp. 282-283, Chart 3. Tomopte
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 382 THE DISTRIBUTION OF PELAGIC POLYCHAETES General distribution. T. elegans is known only from Tropical and Sub- Tropical waters (see below, pp. 428-434). Tomopteris septentrionalis Quatrefages, 1865 (Text-fig. 5) Type locality. " ... les mers du Danemark ". Tomopteris septentrionalis Steenstrup, 1849, p. iv [nomen nudum). Tomopteris septentrionalis Quatrefages, 1865, p. 229. Tomopteris [Tomopteris) septentrionalis: Stop-Bowitz, 1948, pp. 49-51, figs. 36-37. Tomopteris septentrionalis: Uschakov, 1957a, pp. 282-283, Chart 3. Tomopteris {Tomopteris) septentrionalis: Dales, 1957, p. 145, figs. 51/, 52^, 54. Tomopteris septentrionalis: Tebble, 1960, pp. 176-177, fig. 8a, b; pp. 228-231, figs. 32, 33. Description. The specimens of this species collected vary in length between 1-5 mm. for twelve pairs of parapodia and 20-28 mm. for twenty to twenty-four. Fig. 5. Tomopteris septentrionalis : complete specimen from Stn. iB of the Trans-Pacific Expedition. pairs. The anterior border of the antennae has a prominent central indentation and there is a pair of eye spots on the prostomium. The first pair of chaetigers is never present ; the second pair extends almost as far as the body length. The hyaline gland is normally clearly pigmented a red-brown, and appears dorsally on. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
Size: 1367px × 1828px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., 1962, boo, bookauthorbritishmuseumnaturalhistory, bookcentury1900
